Three-Receiver Quantum Broadcast Channels: Classical Communication with Quantum Non-unique Decoding

TL;DR

This paper advances quantum broadcast communication by developing non-unique decoding techniques for three-receiver channels, constructing one-shot codes, and establishing achievable rate regions and simpler proofs for known bounds.

Contribution

It introduces quantum non-unique decoding using simultaneous pinching, constructs one-shot codes for degraded message sets, and simplifies proofs of Marton's inner bound in quantum broadcast channels.

Findings

Developed quantum non-unique decoding technique.

Constructed one-shot codes with achievable rate regions.

Provided a simpler proof of Marton's inner bound.

Abstract

In network communication, it is common in broadcasting scenarios for there to exist a hierarchy among receivers based on information they decode due, for example, to different physical conditions or premium subscriptions. This hierarchy may result in varied information quality, such as higher-quality video for certain receivers. This is modeled mathematically as a degraded message set, indicating a hierarchy between messages to be decoded by different receivers, where the default quality corresponds to a common message intended for all receivers, a higher quality is represented by a message for a smaller subset of receivers, and so forth. We extend these considerations to quantum communication, exploring three-receiver quantum broadcast channels with two- and three-degraded message sets. Our technical tool involves employing quantum non-unique decoding, a technique we develop by utilizing the simultaneous pinching method. We construct one-shot codes for various scenarios and find achievable rate regions relying on various quantum R\'enyi mutual information error exponents. Our investigation includes a comprehensive study of pinching across tensor product spaces, presenting our findings as the asymptotic counterpart to our one-shot codes. By employing the non-unique decoding, we also establish a simpler proof to Marton's inner bound for two-receiver quantum broadcast channels without the need for more involved techniques. Additionally, we derive no-go results and demonstrate their tightness in special cases.